Austrian Wall Mirrors

Vienna from the 1960s Main frame gold plated all crystals undamaged, electric controled. Model no.: 3648 In the back fitted for 8 lights Dimensions: 69.5 x 49 cm

Vienna from 1950s Walnut wood

A massive early 19th century polychrome water gilt mirror from Austria. Measures: 50.5" H x 45" W x 4.5" D.

19th century, Austrian Biedermeier mirror with carved water gilt gold sun burst.

Emil Stejnar originally designed his Dandelion chandeliers and also this mirror series in the mid 1950ies. The series was manufactured by Rupert Nikoll for the „Ohne Pause Espresso“,...

Wall mirror around 1950s Original mirror inside. The brass is polished and stove enameled

Extraordinary, unique rustic Tramp Art wall mirror out of Austria from the late 19th century around 1880. Artfully designed and handcarved out of basswood this very special Tramp Art work was crafted in the so called "pyramid technique". This Tramp Art mirror is an unusual one, with darker stained pyramids interrupting the frame and giving it this visual depth. The fantastic looking made exposed/ protruding corners in the shape of drops underline this one of a kind, exceptional design. The mirror glass has been renewed during the restoration process. The wonderful brown surface was sealed...

Lucite wall mirror vienna 1976 Original condition.

Exceptional Biedermeier wall mirror from the era around 1830 in Austria. The artfully processed, gold leaf covered frame is adorned by absolute elaborately handcarved corners depicti...

Marvelous looking rustic Tramp Art wall mirror from the early 20th century in Austria. Dated to 1925, this unusual, very detailed "Tramp Art" work has been artfully created by hand f...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Sumptuous and imposing frame in Second Empire style with ground mirror executed with mercury original of the time, the frame was made with precious craftsmanship between 1865 and 1870 in Austria in precious African mahogany feather with processing "lastronatura" and enriched by elegant and refined giltwood decorations at the corners and a finish of golden acanthus leaves along the edge of the mirror. The ground mirror was made with the ancient technique of mercury, which consisted of placing the metal above a series of layers of tin flattened on the glass, the mercury was then smoothed and polished with a special stone and buffered, the mixture thus obtained was called "quicksilver". This technique was developed by the Venetian Master Glassmakers (Master Dal Gallo 1507); the Serenissima placed the process under secret, but over time it leaked out of the city and spread to European countries, first of all, Austria and France. The Napoleon III style (Second Empire) together with the Neo-Renaissance style, belongs to that particular Eclectic period that distinguished European countries in the second half of the 19th century; in short, the Napoleon III style took up the more serious and austere forms of the First Empire, but with the eclecticism that distinguished the period, it made it more graceful, refined and elegant, reflecting and well representing the social, cultural and economic period that Europe was living at the time. The "lastronatura" is a craft technique that was already widespread during the sixteenth century and remained unchanged until the mid-nineteenth century before the Industrial Revolution; the exact term is the Italian "lastronatura" untranslatable into English (possibly slab?), in fact, the "lastronatura" is very different and older than wood-veneer. The technique consisted in cutting by hand with saws the trunks of trees of noble wood (walnut, mahogany, briar, feather, etc..) in many layers with a thickness ranging from 4 to 6 millimeters, which were then applied to the furniture for decorative purposes; the finishing of this process was very complex: the layer of wood was treated with natural earth dissolved in water for the desired tonality, it was antiqued with stone, it was fixed with shellac applied with a brush and finally the polishing was carried out in 12 passages with a cotton pad soaked in shellac, straw-colored oil with powder of pumice stone. The "lastronatura" is not to be confused with the veneer that is modern processing, in fact, the layer of wood is cut by machine and the thickness is below 1 mm., while that of the"lastronatura", as already mentioned, is from 4 to 6 mm. This ancient technique, applied to our frame, has allowed us to enhance the colors, the flaming, and the grain of the precious African feather...

Stunning oval Art Nouveau wall mirror artfully processed in Vienna/ Austria at the beginning of the 20th century. The slightly grooved solid wooden oval frame from circa 1900 shows a black lacquered surface with an additional hand-polished shellac finish. A simple yet elegant design accented by a fluted...

Unique late 19th century wall mirror from the so-called "Historism" period in Austria around 1880. This wall mirror shows an overlapped substructure made of spruce wood and impresses...

Late 19th century wall mirror made of fruitwood coming out of Austria, circa 1890. A simple but fantastic designed wall mirror from the so called "Historism" period which shows a bea...

From circa 1890 in Austria comes this hand carved wooden Black Forest wall mirror. A simple but elegant "tree trunk" design was created out of basswood, confering this unique charmin...

Designed by Emil Stejnar during the early 1950s and manufactured in Austria by Rupert Nikoll. It features an oval mirror, which appears to float, surrounded by a white lacquered meta...

Biedermeier period mahogany mirror decorated with burled elm and gilt wood moulding.